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The blue (, Lycanidae) fauna of Kyrghyzstan

A.B. Zhdanko Institute of Zoology, Academgorodok, Almaty, 480060,

The present checklist of species of the blue occurred in Kyrghyzstan based on 7 years observations and investigations (1998-2004) by the author. It includes 3 subfamilies, 38 genera and 82 species. Basic literature: D’ Abrera, 1994; Tuzov et al., 2000. The Asian subspecies only are included. Family Leach Subfamily THECLINAE Swainson Tribe EUMEINI Genus ARMENIA Dubatolov et Korshunov, 1984 West-Asian mountain genus (2 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Armenia hyrcanica (Riley, 1939) - Novit. zool., 41: 360. TYPE LOCALITY: "North-East Persien". DISTRIBUTION. Сaucasus Minor, Armenian plateau, Elburs Mts., Kopet-Dagh?, Ghissar, W. Pamir, Transalaisky Mts. The distribution of subspesies is as follows: ssp. seravshanica (J.J. Stshetkin, 1984): Ghissar; ssp. badachshanica (J.J. Stshetkin, 1984): W. Pamir (Shugnansky and Ishkashimsky Mts.); HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry bushy steppes deserted slopes of mountains (1000-3100 m. Flight period: June, July. Larval host-plants in Georgia and S. Armenia (Danchenko in press): Atraphaxis dagestanica in the Armenian Highland (O. Gorbunov, pers comm.): A. spinosa. While in Transalaisky Mts. probably: Cerasus sp.

Genus SUPERFLUA Strand, 1910 Palaearctic genus (4 species); in Kyrghyzstan 2.

Superflua sassanides (Kollar, [1849]) - Denkschr. K. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1: 51. TYPE LOCALITY: "Persia". DISTRIBUTION. From N. across Middle to W. Tien Shan, NW. Himalayas and Centr.Tibet. The Kopet-Dagh is populated by the nominative subspecies; ssp. mirabilis (Erschoff, 1874) occurs in Zeravshansky Mts., Ghissar, Turkestansky, Kuraminsky,Ugamsky Mts., W. Tien Shan. The distribution in Kyrghyzstan: W. part of the Talassky Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry bushy steppes or deserted slopes of mountains (500-2600 m). Flight period: from May to July. Larval host-plant: Amygdalus bucharica, A. spinosissima, Cerasus verrucosa, Rosa sp. (Stshetkin, 1960; Zhdanko, 1997).

Superflua acaudata (Staudunger, 1901) - Cat. Lep. palaearct. Faunengeb.: 70. TYPE LOCALITY: "Ferg.[ana]". Lectotypus (Lukhtanov, 1995): "Margelan" [Uzbekistan, Ferghana Valley]. DISTRIBUTION. N., W. and Inner Tien Shan, Darvaz, N. Alai, Ferghansky Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry steppes of deserted foothills at low mountain slopes (1000-2300 m) with Rosa, Spiraea, Caragana, Atraphaxis. Flight period: May and June. Larval host-plants: Cerasus sp. -W. Tien Shan; Spiraea hypericifolia: Boguty Mts. (SE Kazakhstan).

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Genus CALLOPHRYS Billberg, 1820 Holarctic genus. Nearctic Region (21 species) (Scott, 1986); Palaearctic Region (11 species); in Kyrghyzstan 2.

Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) - Syst. Nat. (ed.10), 1: 483. TYPE LOCALITY: "Sweden". DISTRIBUTION. Temperate zone of and Asia (except deserts). Nominative subspecies occurs W. part of its range from W. Europe to Mts.; ssp. sibirica [Heyne], [1895] (= sachalinensis Matsumura, 1929) from Tien Shan and Altai Mts.across Siberia and Transbaikalia to Far East, Amur and Primorsky territory, Sakhalin. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry bottoms of canyons floodplains the streams. In the mountains inhabits the bushy places up to 2000 m Flight period: from the mid- April to the mid- June in a single brood. Larval host-plants in Middle Asia: Rubus, Frangula, Rhamnus, Ribes, Spirea (Rosaceae); in the Tien Shan Mts.: Hippophae rhamnoides (Elaeagnaceae).

Callophrys titanus Zhdanko, 1998 - Вестн. Казахск. Ун-та [Vestnik Kaz. Univ.], 6: 46. TYPE LOCALITY: "175 км зап. Алма-Аты, хр. Жетыжол". [175 km W. of Almaty, Zhetyzhol Mts.(W. part: Atzhailau Mts.), SE Kazakhstan]. DISTRIBUTION. N. and W. Tien Shan, Pamir-Alai; in Kyrghyzstan: Kirghizsky Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Mainly shingly-stony habitats with Ferula sp. and Rheum maximowiczii in mountains (1200-3000 m). Flight period: May-June. Larval host-plant is Rheum maximowiczii. The host-ants (Lasius sp.) carries off the eggs and first-instar larvae in the anthill for overwinter (Zhdanko, 1998). After hibernating the larva feeds on the flowers and seeds.

Genus NEOLYCAENA de Niceville, 1890 Middle Asian genus (7 species); in Kyrghyzstan 5.

Neolycaena medea Zhdanko, 1998 Зоол. ж. [Zool. zhurn.], 77(2): 196, figs. 1 (1, 6), 2 (2). TYPE LOCALITY: "Терскей Алатоо, ущелье реки Тамги". [Kadjisai, Tamga R., central part of the Terskey Alatoo Mts., Kyrghyzstan]. DISTRIBUTION. Inner Tien Shan (Terskey Alatoo Mts.; near Orto-Takoi reserv. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry bushy mountain slopes (1700-2600 m). Flight period: from the end of May to the mid-July. Larval host-plant: Caragana sp.

Neolycaena pretiosa (Lang, 1884) - Stett. ent. Ztg., 47: 209. TYPE LOCALITY: "Margelan und Namangan", [north slopes of Alaisky Mts., Kyrghyzstan]. SYNONYMS. pretiosa (Staudinger, 1886), nom. praeaoccup. DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar-Alai; in Kyrghyzstan: Alaisky Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Occurs locally in dry bushy mountain slopes (1800-2500 m). Flight period: from the end of June and in July. Larval host-plant: Caragana turkestanica.

Neolycaena dinara Zhdanko, 2001 - HELIOS, VOL.II: 82-83. TYPE LOCALITY: “East Alai (N. slopes) 24 km S. Gulcha, Kyzyl-Korgon vill.2300 m”. DISTRIBUTION. Known only from two localities situated in one valley in NE Alai. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Stony slopes with Caragana (2300 m). Flight period: June. Larval host-plant: Caragana alaica.

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Neolycaena churkini Zhdanko, 2001 - HELIOS, VOL.II: 82-83. TYPE LOCALITY: “Kirghistan, Chatkalsky Mts. East Alai (southern slopes) 5 km E of Aflotun vill., Karasu river 1350 m”. DISTRIBUTION. Known from the type locality only. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe stone slopes with Caragana, Atraphaxis and Spiraea (1350-1450 m). Flight period: June. Larval host-plant: Caragana sp. (Zhdanko, 2001) or probably Glycyrrhiza.

Neolycaena olga Lukhtanov, 1999 - Atalanta, 30 (1/4): 131, pl. IXb, Abb. 1-6. TYPE LOCALITY: “Kirgisien, Tienschan, Suusamyr-Kette (osType localityicher Teil), kyzyloi, 30 km W Tschaek, 1800 m”. DISTRIBUTION. Inner Tien Shan: Suusamyr Mts., Song-Kel-Tau Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry bushy slopes, in the mountains at about 1600-2500 m. Flight period: from the end of May to mid-July. Larval host-plant: Caragana leucophloca.

Genus RHYMNARIA Zhdanko, 1993 Palaearctic genus (14 species); in Kyrghyzstan 5.

Rhymnaria submontana (Zhdanko, 1994 - Selevinia, 1: 74. TYPE LOCALITY: "Заилийский Алатау, 40 км зап. Алма-Аты". [40 km W. of Almaty, SE Zailiysky Alatau Mts., Kazakhstan]. DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, N. Tien Shan, Tarbagatay and Saur Mts. The distribution of subspecies is the follows: ssp. submontana (Zhdanko, 1994): W. and N. Tien Shan, Turkestansky Mts., Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai; ssp. oschi (Zhdanko, 1998): E. Alai; ssp. saurica (Zhdanko, 1998): Saur and Tarbagatay Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Usually occurs in a mid mountain level up to 1000 - 1800 m (on Pamir and Transalaisky Mts. up to 3000 m) on the clay or stone bushy slopes. Flight period: from the beginning of June to July. Larval host-plants: arbuscula and Caragana sp. (Zhdanko, 1997); in Transalaisky Mts. Astragalus testiculatus (group).

Rhymnaria baidula [Zhdanko, 2000] - Guide Butt. Russ. and adj. terr. Vol.2: 111-112. Pl. 55, fig. 4-6. TYPE LOCALITY:”Kirghisia, Baidulu Mts., 31 km S. Dolon pass, 2200 m “. DISTRIBUTION. Inner Tien Shan: Song-Kel-Tau Mts., Baidulu Mts., -Too Mts., Moldo-Too Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Stony and clayey slopes at about 1800-2500 m. Flight period: July. Larval host-plant: Caragana jabata.

Rhymnaria eckweileri (Lukhtanov, 1993) - Atalanta, 24: 65. TYPE LOCALITY: "Kazakhstan, Dzhungarian Alatau, Dzhalanashkol Lake, 175 km E. of Sarcand". DISTRIBUTION. Tarbagatay Mts., Dzhungarsky Alatau, N. Tien Shan. Nominative subspecies inhabits in the Dzhungarsky Alatau Mts. Range and Tarbagatay; ssp. transiliensis Lukhtanov, 1993 in N. Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Locally in the mountain meadows (1200-1800 m). Flight period: the mid -June to the mid -July. Larval host-plant is Hedysarum songoricus.

Rhymnaria iya Zhdanko, 2001 - HELIOS, VOL.II: 82-88, pl. VII: 9, 10, 14. TYPE LOCALITY: “, Talassky Mts. East Alai (southern slopes) Suusamyr river valley, 45 km E Alabel Pass 2300-2400 m”.

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DISTRIBUTION. Known from the type locality only. Probably populates the whole Kokemeren-Suusamyr valley. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry grassland on steep slopes (2300-2400 m), very local. Flight period: mid - June to the mid - July. Larval host-plants: Astragalus skornjakovi (S. slopes of the Kirghizsky Mts.); A. fedtschenkoanus (Suusamyr Mts.).

Tribe TAMARINI Genus Rambur, 1840 Palaearctic Region (10 species); in Kyrghyzstan 2.

Tomares callimachus (Eversmann, 1848) - Bull. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscou, 21: 208. ТYPE LOCALITY: "Georgia, Gelenendorf", [Аzerbaidjan, Hanlar] by lectotype designed T. Nekrutenko (1977). SYNONYMS. epiphania (Boisduval, 1848); hafis (Kollar, 1848); tauricus Yakovlev et Korb, 1998. DISTRIBUTION. From SE. and Kazakhstan to Asia Minor and Iran. Occurs in the S. European part, Caucasus and Transcaucasia, Turan, Kopet-Dagh, W. and N. Tien Shan; in Kyrghyzstan: Kirghyzsky Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry stony, steppe or desert hills and low mountains (up to 1400 m). Flight-period: from the end of March to the end of May. Larval host-plants: in Europe: Astragalus spp.; in the Zailiysky Alatau Mts.: A. macropterus (Zhdanko, 1997).

Tomares fedtchenkoi (Erschoff, 1874) - In: Федченко, Путешествие в Туркестан [Fedtchenko, Voyage in the Turkestan], II, 5(3), (Lepidoptera): 8, pl. 1, fig. 6. ТYPE LOCALITY. "...окр-ти Самарканда, Джизманское ущ. ". [Uzbekistan, Samarkand vicinity; Zeravshansky Mts., Dzhizmansky Gorge]. DISTRIBUTION. S. Turkmenia (Badkhyz), Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, W. and N. Tien Schan (including Almaty reg.), N. Afghanistan, N. Pakistan. Besides the Nominative subspecies; ssp. alpina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890): Ghissaro-Darvaz, S. Ghissar (Kugitang Mts.). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Grassy sites in valleys, foothills and mountains (800-2600 m). Flight period: from the mid April to the mid May. Larval host-plant: Astragalus spp. Pupa overwinters.

Subfamily LYCAENINAE Genus LYCAENA Fabricius 1807 Holarctic genus (3 species); in Kyrghyzstan 2.

Lycaena. phlaeas Linnaeus 1761 - Fauna Svecica, (ed 2):285. ТYPE LOCALITY. “…in pratis Westmanniae” [VasType localitymanland, central Sweden]. DISTRIBUTION. The entire Palaearctic region except the Far North. The Alai, Zaalai and Tien Shan are inhabited by the ssp. oxiana (Grum-Grzhimailo, 1890)(=turanica [Heyne] 1895; =naruena Courvoiseer, 1911; = coccineus Ford, 1924). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Ecologically plastic species occurring in different landscapes, though preferring open biotopes, in the mountains up to 4500 m. Larval host-plant: Rumex, Polygonum, etc. (Korshunov, 1995); in Zailiysky Alatau: Rumex acetosa (Zhdanko, 1997).

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Genus THERSAMONOLYCAENA Verity, 1957 Palaearctic genus (11 species); in Kyrghyzstan 3.

Thersamonolycana dispar ([Haworth], 1802) - Prodromus Lepid. Drit.:3, N 44 et nota. ТYPE LOCALITY. “Anglia, …Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire”. DISTRIBUTION. Temperate belt of the entire Palaearctic Region: once Nominative subspecies inhabited England but disappeared there about a hundred years ago. The European part, the Caucasus and Transcaucasia, Ghissar, N. and W. Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, populated by the ssp. rutila (Werneburg, 1864). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Meadows. Flight period: June to August. Larval host-plant Rumex sp., in two generations.

Thersamonolycana splendens (Staudinger, 1881) – Stett. ent. Ztg., 42:280. ТYPE LOCALITY “Lepsa” [Dzhungarsky Alatau, probably valley of River]. DISTRIBUTION. Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Toksanbay Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits in wet mountain meadows at about 1400-3000 m. Flight period: June to September. Larval host-plant in Zailiysky Alatau: Polygonum alpinum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Thersamonolycana alciphron (Rottenburg, 1775) - Anmerk. Tab. Schmett. Naturforscher, 6: 11. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Vicinity of Berlin, Germany]. DISTRIBUTION. Temperate belt of the entire Palaearctic Region; ssp. alciphron (Rottenburg, 1775): European part, W. Siberia, Altai, Sayany; ssp. naryna (Oberthur, 1910): N. and Inner Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Toksanbay Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Wet meadows, bottomland, in the mountains up to 2000 m. Flight period: June to August. Larval host-plant: Rumex spp.; in Zailiysky Alatau: Rumex acetosa. (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus THERSAMONIA Verity, 1919 Westpalaearctic genus (11 species); in Kyrghyzstan 2.

Thersamonia thersamon (Esper, [1784]) - Schmett. Abb. Nat., 1(2): 176. Taf. 89, fig. 6. TYPE LOCALITY: "Sarepta, Sdrussland". [Sarepta (Krasnoarmeisk), Volgograd reg., Russia]. SYNONYMS. hyllus (Cramer, [1775]); omphale (Klug, 1834); hylla Kocak, 1983. DISTRIBUTION From S. Europe over Minor and Middle Asia (except highland of Tien Shan and E. Pamir), Kazakhstan to Altai and W. China; Nominative subspecies occupies the remaining part of the range; ssp. persica (Bienert, 1870) inhabits in Kopet-Dagh and S. Ghissar. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits semiarid and humid sites, cultural landscapes. In the mountains usually occurs up to 2000 but in Ghissar occupies the level 2900-3400 m. In the south part of the range. Flight period: from April to October in 3-4 generations. In the temperate zone usually in two generations (April-June and July-August). In the mountains above 2000 m only one generation. Larval host-plant in Europe: Rumex, Polygonum aviculare (Falkovitch, 1969), Polygonum bistorta (Zhdanko, 1997); in the semi-desert biotops: Atraphaxis laetevirens (Zhdanko, 1997); on the SE Russia: Limonium gmelini (Dantchenko, pers. comm.). Eggs and larva overwinter.

Thersamonia solskyi (Erschov, 1874) - In: Федченко, Путешествие в Туркестан [Fedtchenko, Voyage in the Turkestan], II, 5(3), (Lepidoptera): 8, tab. 1, fig. 7. TYPE LOCALITY: "Maracanda". [The mountains southeast words of from Samarkand (Uzbekistan)]. 161 Zhdanko A.B. The blue butterfly (Lycanidae, Lepidoptera) fauna of Kyrghyzstan

DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, Tien Shan. Nominative subspecies inhabits Ghissarsky Mts., Turkestansky Mts. and Zeravshansky Mts.; ssp. fulminans Grum-Grshimailo, 1888 described from Transalai and occurs in Fergansky Mts., Suusamyr-Too, Baubash-Ata, Terskey Alatoo (W. part), Kirgizsky Mts., Inner Tien Shan, Alaisky Mts., and Transalaisky Mts. (except the eastern edges). ssp. attila Zhdanko, 1990: S. slopes of the Alaisky Mts.(Koksy river range) and N. slopes Transalaisky Mts. Probably populates also the S. slopes of the Transalaisky Mts. (W. China). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Prefers semiarid biotops at 1800-3200 m, with scanty vegetation. Flight period: June-August. Larval host-plant in Talassky Alatau: Acantholimon laxum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus PHOENICURUSIA Verity, 1943 Asiatic genus (2 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Phoenicurusia margelanica (Staudinger, 1881) - Stett. ent. Ztg., 42: 282. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Margelan". [North slope of Alaisky Mts., Kirghizia]. DISTRIBUTION. From S. Tajikistan to N. Tien Shan. Species has a large variability. Nominative subspecies occurs C. part of range (Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai, W. Tien Shan); ssp. legezini Zhdanko, 2000 in the S. part of range (S. Ghissar: Babatag, Karatau, Teriklitau and Rangontau Mts); ssp. nigra Zhdanko, 2000 inhabits N. part of range (mountains around -Kul Lake). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Bushy sites on the dry stony semi-desert slopes of low and middle mountains (1000-3100 m ). Flight period: June-July. Larval host-plant are Atraphaxis frutescens, A. pyrifolia (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus ATHAMANTHIA Zhdanko, 1983 Asiatic genus (14 species); in Kyrghyzstan 5.

Athamanthia alexandra (Pungeler, 1901) - D. ent. Z. Iris, 14: 179, tab. 2, fig. 6, 6a, b. ТYPE LOCALITY. "... Alexandergebirge". [E. part of Kirgizsky Mts., Kyrghyzstan]. DISTRIBUTION. N. Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau (Malaisary Mts. and River Valley, Sholak, Katutau, Koyandytau Mts.); ssp. alexandra: E. part Kirgizsky Mts. ( River Valley); ssp. zhanibeki Zhdanko, 2000 (Dzhungarsky Alatau Toksanbay Mts. and Ili River Valley), Chu-Ili Mts., Kapchagay Gorge; ssp. darja Zhdanko, 1990 was distributed in the Syr-Darya River Valley, it has a very small size; HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Bushy sites in desert or steppe foothills up to 1400 m, occasionally in stony or sandy deserts. Flight period: June-July. Larval host-plant: Atraphaxis spinosa, A. laetevirens (Zhdanko, 1997).

Athamanthia eitschbergeri Lukhtanov, 1993 - Atalanta, 24: 71. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Kirgisien, Wes Type locality icher Terskey-Alatau, zwischen Rybatchje und Orto-Tokoi". [Kyrghyzstan, Terskey Alatau Mts. near Orto-Tokoi Waterworks]. DISTRIBUTION. Kirghizsky Mts. near Issyk-Kul Lake. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry xerophyticus sites with bushy of Caragana and Atraphaxis in arid mountains at level of 800-2000 m. Flight period: from the end June-July. Larval host-plant is Atraphaxis laetevirens.

Athamanthia churkini Zhdanko, 2000 - Tethys Ent. Res.,II: 233-234. SYNONYM. A. zhdankoi Lukhtanov, 2000.

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ТYPE LOCALITY. 7 km SE. of Kyzyl-Oi locality., Keke-Meren River., Kyrghyzstan, 1650 m, 13.07.1999. DISTRIBUTION. Inner Tien Shan. Known from the type locality only. ssp. alutacea Lukhtanov, 2000: Tashkumyr Mts.; ssp. luxuosa Lukhtanov, 2000: Takhtalyk Mts. TAXONOMIC NOTES. Taxa alutacea Lukhtanov, 2000 and luxuosa Lukhtanov, 2000 described from Naryn River valley are much close to churkini, than to dilutior. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe, stony mountain slopes at 1550-1650 m with sparse steppe grass and bushes (Atraphaxis, Spiraea). Flight period: July. Larval host-plant is probably Atraphaxis laetevirens. Imago usually feeds on the Salvia sp. Flowers together with Phoenicurusia margelanica Stgr. and Hyponephele dysdora Led.

Athamanthia dilutior (Staudinger, 1881) - Stett. ent. Ztg., 42: 283. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Маrgelan" [ N. slope of Alaisky Mts., Kirghizia]. DISTRIBUTION. Alaisky Mts., Fergansky Mts. (locally). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry bushy slopes at middle levels of mountains (1200-2000 m), locally. Flight period: June-July. Larval host-plant: Atraphaxis laetevirens.

Athmanthia infera (Nekrutenko, 1984) - Вестн. зоол. [Vestnik zool.], 6: 47. SYNONYM. namanganica Lukhtanov, 2000. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Хребет Каржантау, ур. Хумсан, Ташкенская обл.". [Khumsan, Karzhantau Mts., Uzbekistan]. DISTRIBUTION W. and Inner Tien Shan. ssp. infera: Karzhantau Mts.,W. part Talassky Alatoo; ssp. funeraria Nekrutenko, 1984): Chatkalsky Mts.; ssp. kekemerena Lukhtanov, 2000: riv. Keke-Meren ( middle stream). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry and stony habitats with steppe vegetation (1100-1700 m). Flight period: from the mid June to the beginning of July. Larval host-plant: Atraphaxis pyrifolia.

HYRCANANA Bethune-Baker, 1914 Asian mountain genus (5 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Hyrcanana sartha (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. ent. Ztg., 47: 202. ТYPE LOCALITY. "...Sudlichen Alai-Gebirgen wohl bei Kara-Kasuk" [Kirghizia, Alaisky Mts. near Kara-Kasuk Pass]. DISTRIBUTION .Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, NE Afghanistan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe stony slopes at about 2000-3000 m. Flight period: June, July. Larval host-plant: Polygonum paronychioides,P. thymifolium (Zhdanko, 1997).

Subfamily POLYOMMATINAE

Tribe EVERINI Genus CUPIDO Schrank, 1801 Palaearctic genus (8 species); in Kyrghyzstan 4.

Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829) - Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett.: 7, tab. 46, f. 3 a,b. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Europe". SYNONYMS. sebrus (Boisduval, 1832). majuspunctata (Verity, 1934). DISTRIBUTION. W. Europe, S. European part Russia, S. Siberia, Caucasus Major, Caucasus Minor, Alai, W. and N. Tien Shan, Kazakhstan (except deserts), Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai, Sayany, Baikal Lake. 163 Zhdanko A.B. The blue butterfly (Lycanidae, Lepidoptera) fauna of Kyrghyzstan

HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry meadows, steppe slopes, in the mountains up to 2800 m. Flight period: May to August, 1-2 generations, depending on altitude and longitude. Larval host- plant in Europe: Onobrychis, Lathyrus (Higgins, Riley, 1970), Orobus montanus, Colutea arborescens ( Frionnet, 1906); in Tien Shan: Onobrychis ssp. (Zhdanko, 1997). Cupido prosecusa (Erschoff, 1874) In: Федченко, Путешествие в Туркестан [Fedtchenko, Voyage in the Turkestan], II, 5(3), (Lepidoptera): 13, pl. 1, fig. 9. TYPE LOCALITY. "...в окрестностях города Туркестана". [Vicinity of Turkestan, Chimkent reg., Kazakhstan]. DISTRIBUTION. Turan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Occurs only in the arid zone, where underground water mounts near surface - tugai, tidal marshes, depressions in the deserts. Founds locally in the submountain zone up to 1,700 m (Naryn river and Issyk-Kul Valley). Flight period: April-August in two broods. Larval food plant - Sphaerophysa salsula and Halimodendron halodendron (Fabaceae) (Zhdanko, 1997). Eggs has been lies on the flowers or on the back side of leafs. Pupa overwinters. Cupido peri Zhdanko, 2000 - Butt. of Russia and adj. ter. Vol.2: 140-141, pl.62, figs. 42-44. TYPE LOCALITY: Mook vill., Muksu Gorge, Peter I Mts., Tajikistan. DISTRIBUTION. Alai, Darvaz. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Highland meadows at about 2000-3000 m. Flight period: June, July. Larval host-plant: unknown. Cupido buddhista (Alpheraky, 1881) - Horae Soc. ent. Ross., 16: 393, t. 14, f. 9, 10. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Kuldja Mts.", [W. China] DISTRIBUTION. Tien Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz, Alai, NW. China. Species is very variety especially by sizes. Ssp. garmicus J.J. Stshetkin, 1986 inhabits on the Peter I Mts. On another part of areal flies Nominative subspecies. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Alpine meadows on the levels 2300-3400 m Flight period: June-September in a single generations. Larva lives in the flowers of Oxytropis spp. (Zhdanko, 1997). In Kyzart Mts.: Oxytropis miorosphaera. Cupido alaina Staudinger, 1887 - Stett. ent. Ztg., 1887: 50. SYNONYM: Lycaena muzaffar (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887). ТYPE LOCALITY. “Fergana” [N. slope of the Alaisky Mts., Kirghizia]. DISTRIBUTION. Alai, Darvaz, W. Pamir. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Alpine meadows (3000-3600 m). Flight period: end of June to early August. TAXONOMIC NOTES. Taxa Cupido balinti D’Abrera, 1993 most probably is the synonym of C. alainus Staudinger, 1887. Unfortunately the original description is not complete as the holotype is figured from the upper side only which has a lit Type locality information. However, the specimen depicted by the holotype by D’Abrera (1993) from the under side, labelled as balinti, in fact seems to belong to C. alaina.

Genus EVERES Hubner, 1819 Holarctic genus. Palaearctic (4 species), Kyrghyzstan 3.

Everes argiades (Pallas, 1771) - Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 1: 472. HYPE LOCALITY. "Поволжье". [Samara region, Russia]. SYNONYMS. amyntas ([Denis et Schiffermuller], [1775]). DISTRIBUTION. Temperate zone of Palaearctic region: Nominative subspecies inhabits the most part of range (European part of Russia, Caucasus and Transcaucasia, Tien Shan, Altai, Sayan, Siberia, Far East); HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits different types of wet meadows. F Flight period: in May-June and July-September in two generations. Larval host-plant: Fabaceae (Trifolium, Lotus, Medicago, Colutea, Anthyllis, Pisum, Coronilla, Genist; in the Zailiysky Alatau: Trifolium pratense (Zhdanko, 1997). 164 Tethys Entomological Research X December 1, 2004

Tribe CELASTRINI Genus CELASTRINA Tutt, [1907] Palaearctic genus (11 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), 1:483. TYPE LOCALITY: England. DISTRIBUTION. Temperate belt of the entire Palaearctic Region: Nominative subspecies occur in the European part, Caucasus Major and Minor, Armenian Highland, Talych Mts., Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, Altai, Sayan, W. and C. Siberia; ssp. hypoleuca (Kollar, [1849]): Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Different types of biotope with blooming bushes. Flight period: April to August in 2-3 generations. Larval host-plant in Middle Asia: Berberis, Cuscuta, engelmannii, C. lechmanniana (Zhdanko, 1997).

Tribe LAMPIDINI Genus LAMPIDES Hubner, [1819] Old World and Australia 1 species.

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) - Syst. Nat. (ed. 12), 1(2): 789. TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria. DISTRIBUTION. Africa, S. Europe, S. Asia, (from the Middle East to Japan), Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, Oriental Region, Micronesia, Australia; In Kyrghyzstan: Talassky Alatau, Kirgizsky Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Different types of biotope, in the mountains up to 2500 m. Flight period: May to October. Larval host-plants in Turkey: Pisum, Phaseolus, Cicer, Medicago (Hesselbarch et al., 1995); Middle Asia and Kazakhstan - Alhagi, Colutea persica, C. paulsenii, Astragalus ssp. (Stshetkin, 1960; Falkovich, 1986; Zhdanko, 1997).

Tribe SCOLITANTIDINI

Genus GLAUCOPSYCHE Scudder, 1872 Holarctic genus; Nearctic (2 species); Palaearctic (9 species);in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761) - Ins. Mus. Graec.: 77. SYNONYMS. cyllaris (Rottenburg, 1775); tshatkala (Korb, 1997). ТYPE LOCALITY. "Graz" [Austria]. DISTRIBUTION. From Europe (without north) and Caucasus to Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, S. Siberia, Mongolia. European part, W. and S. Siberia, Ghissar-Darvaz, Alaisky Mts., Transalaisky Mts., Tien Shan are inhabited Nominative subspecies. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits in different types of meadows up to 3000 m (Transalaisky Mts.). Flight period: May-July. Larval host-plant: Astragalus, Cytisis, Trifolium, Medicago, Pisum, Melilotus, Vicia and other Fabaceae (Higgins, Riley, 1970); in the Zailiysky Alatau: Hedysarum montanum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus MACULINEA van Eecke, 1915 Palaearctic genus (7 species); in Kyrghyzstan 2.

Maculinea rebeli (Hirschke,1904) - Jber. Wien. Ent. Ver., 11: 109, Taf. 2, Abb. 1-2. ТYPE LOCALITY. “Hochschwab”[Austria]. DISTRIBUTION. From C. Europe Through Asia Minor, Middle Asia and Tien Shan to the Primorsky territory.

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HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry meadows (1500-2000 m). Flight period: July-August. Larval host-plants: Gentiana spp.;in Zailiysky Alatau Gentiana kirilowii (Zhdanko, 1997).

Maculinea cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848) - Bull. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscou, 21: 207. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Kyachta, Buryatia, Russia]. DISTRIBUTION. From the Tien Shan and the Alai to Transbaikalia, Mongolia. ssp. cyanecula: Transbaikalia, Khakassia, Tuva. The following taxa known from Middle Asia: ssp. obscurior (Staudinger, 1901)(=naruena Courvoisier, 1910): Tien Shan; ssp. taras (Fruhstorfer, 1915): Alai. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry and steppe meadows, in the mountains up to 2800 m Flight period: June to July. Larval host-plants probably Thymus or Ziziphora bungeana.

Genus TURANANA Betune-Baker, 1916 Westasian genus (10 species); Kyrghyzstan 2.

Turanana panageides (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. ent. Ztg., 47: 206. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Gebirgen bei Samarkand". [Uzbekistan, W. part of the Ghissarsky Mts.]. SYNONYMS. alaica (Staudinger, 1886); tshatkalica J.J. Stshetkin, 1984. DISTRIBUTION. Hindu Kush, Ghissar, Alai, Pamir, W. and Inner Tien Shan. Gradual clinal variability makes the segregation of subspecies inexpedient. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry stony slopes at 1100-4000 m Flight period: June- September, in 1-2 generations, depending on altitude. Larval host-plant Acantholimon spp.; in the Talassky Alatau and Syrdarinsky Karatau Mts.: A. laxum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Turanana laspura (Evans, 1932) - J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 2:227. ТYPE LOCALITY. “Chitral” [Chitral, Afghanistan]. DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamir, Alai, Transalai, N. Hindu Kush, NW Himalaya. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Belt of juniper forest in dry stony sites, as a rule at about 2800-3400 m. Flight period: end of June to early August, in the single generation. Larval food: plant Acantholimon spp.

Genus OTNJUKOVIA Zhdanko, 1997 (= Otaria Zhdanko, 1984, nom. praeoc.) Middle Asian monotypical genus.

Otnjukovia tatjana (Zhdanko, 1984) - Тр. Зоол. ин-та [Trudy Zool. inst.], 122: 103. TYPE LOCALITY: "...юго -восточный Казахстан, (Заилийский Алатау), 11 км южнее с. Отар (170 км западнее Алма-Аты)". [Otar, 170 km W. of Almaty, Zailiysky Alatau Mts. (W. part), Kazakhstan]. DISTRIBUTION. N. Tien Shan (Issyk-Kul Lake?), Dzhungarsky Alatau, ?Tarbagatay, S. Altai; in Kyrghyzstan: Chu River valley (Zhetyzhol Mts.). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry and stony slopes of foothills and low mountains from 800 to 1600 m. Flight period: April-May. Larval host-plant: different species of Goniolimon ssp. Larva or pupa overwinters.

Genus SCOLITANTIDES Hubner, [1819] Palaearctic monotypical genus.

Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771) - Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, 1 (Anhang):471. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Krymza River, Syzran Distr., Samara Region, Russia].

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DISTRIBUTION. Temperate belt of the entire Palaearctic Region; ssp.johanseni (Wnukovsky, 1934): N. Tien Shan, Dzungarsky Alatau, Tarbagatay Mts., Saur Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Different types of warm open landscape, in mountains up to 2500 m Flight period: May-August in 2 generations. Larval host-plant in Zailiysky Alatau and Kirgizsky Mts: Sedum hybridum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus PSEUDOPHILOTES Beuret, 1958 Palaearctic genus (7 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865) - Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 505, pl. 31, fig. 6. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Chiene in Middle Kunavur and the Alps above the Chinese village of Shipkee in Thibet”. DISTRIBUTION. From Europe through Asia Minor to the Altai and N. India; in Kyrghyzstan: the entire territory (locally). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry stony or sandy landscape up to 3000 m Flight period: May-August in 1-2 generations. Larval host-plant in Dzhungarsky Alatau: Dragcephalum sp.

Genus IOLANA Betune-Baker, 1914 West Asian genus (4 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Iolana gigantea (Grum-Grzhimailo, 1885) - Rom. Mem. Lep., 2:215. TYPE LOCALITY:: “… die schlucht von Kara-Kokty oder die felsige Umgegend von Utsch-Kurgan”[Uchkorgan, N. slopes of Alaisky Mts., Kyrghyzstan]. SYNONYM: iphicles (Staudinger, 1886). DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamir, Alaisky Mts., Transalaisky Mts., N. Hindu Kush, NW. Himalaya, Pakistan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry stony slopes at 1000-2000 m Flight period: May-July, in the single generation. Larval host-plant in Ghissar: Colutea paulsenii (Zhdanko, 1997).

Tribe POLYOMMATINI

Genus ALPHERAKYA Zhdanko, 1994 Middle Asian genus (3 species); Kyrghyzstan 2.

Alpherakya sartoides (Swinchoe, 1910) - Lep. Ind.: 21, pl. 645, figs. 1, 1a, 1b. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Chitral". [W. part of Hindu Kush, Pakistan]. DISTRIBUTION. Darvaz, Alai, Transalai, Pamir, Afghanistan, Pakistan, N. India. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry stony slopes with sparse grass vegetation from 2500 to 4000 m. Flight period: June to August, in 2 generations. Larval host-plant in Transalaisky Mts: Rosularia alpestris (Grassulaceae).

Alpherakya sarta (Alpheraky, 1881) - Horae Soc. ent. Ross., 16: 387, t. 16, f. 8. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Кульджа". [W. China, E. Tien Shan, Kulja reg.]. SYNONYMS. phryxis (Lang, 1884); phryxis (Staudinger, 1886). DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar-Alai, Tien Shan, Tarbagatay and Saur Mts., S. Altai; Afghanistan, Pakistan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry slopes with stony and scanty grass from 600 up to 2000 m Flight period: May-September in 2-3 generations. Larval host-plant: Pseudosedum longidentatum, Rosularia kokanica (Zhdanko, 1997) R. platyphylla and Orostachys thyrsiflora. All stages overwinter. 167 Zhdanko A.B. The blue butterfly (Lycanidae, Lepidoptera) fauna of Kyrghyzstan

Genus PLEBEJUS Kluk, 1802 Holarctic genus; Palaearctic region (33species); in Kyrghyzstan 9.

Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), 1: 483. SYNONYMS. sylvius (Poda, 1761); aegon ([Denis et Schiffermuller], [1775]); argyrotoxus (Bergstrasser, [1779]). ТYPE LOCALITY. "Schweden". [S. Sweden]. DISTRIBUTION. Europe, Ural, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan (except sandy deserts), Middle Asia, Tien Shan, W., C. and S. Siberia, Far East; Nominative subspecies: Scandinavia; ssp. pamira (Forster, 1936) occurs in the Pamir-Alai and probably in Tien Shan (highland populations). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Different types of meadows on the plains and mountains up to 2000 m. Flight period: in June-July and in August-September, usually two generations. In mountains single brood. Larval host-plants are Fabaceae: Astragalus, Chamaecytisus, Colutea, Coronilla, Hippocrepis, Lathyrus, Lotus, Medicago sativa, Onobrychis, Ononnis, Vicia; Helianthemum (Cistaceae), Thimus (Labiaceae), Erica, Calluna (Ericaceae) (Hasselbarth & al., 1995).

Plebejus eversmanni (Lang, 1884) - Stett. ent. Ztg., 47: 205. ТYPE LOCALITY. "Fergana". [NE. Alaisky Mts., Kirghizia]. SYNONYMS. eversmanni (Staudinger, 1886); grumi (Staudinger, 1901); ardis Balint et Jonson, 1997. DISTRIBUTION. Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, W. and Inner Tien Shan, NE. Afghanistan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Rock debris slopes of southern exposition with scanty vegetation at 1500-3800 m. Flight period: May-July, in two generations, the first one is more productive. Larva lives on Chesneya (Fabaceae): Ch. quinata: Alaisky Mts.; Ch. gissarica: Ghissar (Zhdanko, 1997); in Zaalaisky Mts.: Astragalus beketovii.

Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761) - Fauna Svec. (ed. 2): 284. SYNONYMS. argus ([Denis et Schiffermuller], [1775]); leodorus (Esper, 1782). ТYPE LOCALITY. "S. Sweden". DISTRIBUTION. Europe, Caucasus and Transcaucasia, W. and N. Kazakhstan, Asia Minor, Middle Asia, Saur, Altai,. The Nominative taxon is distributed in Scandinavia down to Denmark; the distribution of subspecies is the following: ssp. ghissari Zhdanko, 2000: Ghissar; ssp. tshimgana (Forster, 1936):W. Tien Shan; ssp. naruena (Courvoisier, 1913): N. and Inner Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry meadows on the plains and in the mountains up to 2000 m (Altai) or 2700 m (Tien Shan). Flight period: June-August, in 1-2 generations. Larval host-plant in the N. European part of Russia: Calling vulgaris (Ericaceae); but southwards different Fabaceae: Coronilla emerus, Cersis siliguastrum (Malicky, 1969); in the Tien Shan: Astragalus alpinus, A. fedtchenkoanus, Cicer flexuosum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Plebejus Zhdanko, 2000 - Guid. Butt. Russ. and adjac. terr.Vol.II: 159. ТYPE LOCALITY. SE Kazakhstan, Zailiysky Alatau, Kaskelen gorge, 1500 m DISTRIBUTION. N. Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Flies in July on the dry mountain meadows in 1500-2300 m Flight period: May to June. Larval host-plant, is probably Onobrichys sp.

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Plebejus maracandicus (Erschoff, 1874) - In: Федченко, Путешествие в Туркестан [Fedtchenko, Voyage in the Turkestan], II, 5(3), (Lepidoptera): 10. ТYPE LOCALITY. "...окр. Самарканда". [Samarkand vicinity, Uzbekistan]. SYNONYMS. dschagatai (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887); buchara Forster, 1936. DISTRIBUTION. From S. European part of Russia and Turan to Yakutia; Nominative subspecies occurs in S. part of its range (Turan); ssp. planorum (Alpheraky, 1881): Balkhash Lake region, Ili River valley and N. Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau; ssp. ionovi Zhdanko, 2000: Issyk-Kul Lake range; ssp. excellens Zhdanko et Churkin, 2001:Inner Tien Shan (Naryn River). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Humid sites in the steppe, deserts and semi-deserts including cultural lands. Flight period: from mid of April to September in 4-5 (on the south) generations (J.L. Stshetkin, 1960), depending on altitude. Larval host-plant in the desert of Ili Valley: Astragalus sogotensis (Zhdanko, 1997).

Plebejus argivus (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. ent. Ztg., 47: 204. ТYPE LOCALITY. Ferghana valley. DISTRIBUTION. Turan, SE Kyrghyzstan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Desert or semi-desert places throughout the mountains or even in true deserts, but always in different habitats with P. christophi. The mountains up to 1400 m Flight period: May-September in 2-3 generations. Larval host-plant: Alhagi ssp.

Plebejus rogneda (Grum-Grzhimailo, 1890) - Romanoff, Mem. Lep., 3:376. TYPE LOCALITY: Muion-Ola, Kashgar (60 km W. of Kashgar (Kashi), Chinese Kyzyl-Su River)”. DISTRIBUTION: ssp. rogneda populates the lower Chinese Kyzyl-Su River; ssp. micropunctulatus Stshetkin, 1975: Obikhingou, Surkhob, Muksu, Kyzyl-Su rivers (Kyrghyzstan); ssp. grumi Zhdanko et Churkin, 2001: upper stream of Chinese Kyzyl-Su River in Kyrghyzstan (the area of Irkeshtam). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. The butterfly flies around the depressed Hippophae shrubs, at (2600-3100 m). Flight period: July. Larval host-plant: Hippophae rhamnoides.

Plebejus churkini Zhdanko, 2001 - HELIOS, Vol.II: 66-67, pl.VI: 25,26,27,28; fig.8. ТYPE LOCALITY. “Inner Tian-Schan, Naryn R.valley, Aktal vicinity”. DISTRIBUTION. This species occurs in the Naryn River valley from Aktal vill. (1750 m) in the West to Kenesh vill. (2250m) in the East. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. High and tree-like Hippophae rhamnoides shrubs at the river banks. Flight period: July. The larval host-plant: Hippophae rhamnoides; 1-2? generations.

Plebejus zhdankoi Churkin, 2002 - HELIOS, Vol.II:66-67, pl.IX: 9-12; fig.1, a,c,e. ТYPE LOCALITY. “West Tian-Schan, Chatkal R.valley, Kanysh-Kiya vicinity”. DISTRIBUTION. Known from the type locality only. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. The species is collected at pebble banks with Hippophae rhamnoides shrubs, at (1900 m). The female permanently sitting on the larval host-plant, Hippophae rhamnoides. Flight period: July.

Genus PLEBEJIDES Sauter, 1968 Palaearctic genus (5 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Plebejides zephyrinus (Christoph, 1884) - In: Romanoff, Mem. Lep. 1: 102, t. 6, f. 3. TYPE LOCALITY: " Askhabad". [Ashghabad, Turkmenistan]. 169 Zhdanko A.B. The blue butterfly (Lycanidae, Lepidoptera) fauna of Kyrghyzstan

DISTRIBUTION. From Transcaucasia to S. Altai. The subspecies are distributed as follows: ssp. zephyrinus (Christoph, 1884; = turcmenicus Forster, 1936): Kopet-Dagh, Baisuntau Mts.,Ghissarsky Mts., Zeravshansky Mts., Turkestansky Mts.; ssp. usbecus Forster, 1939: W., N. Tien Shan and Dzhungarsky Alatau; ssp. Tarbagatayensis Balint, [1993] - Tarbagatay, Saur, Manrak, S. Altai. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits in the dry steppe and stony sites on the levels 800- 3000 m. Flight period: May-July in two generations. Larval host-plant in E. Kazakhstan: Astragalus lanuginosus.

Genus FREYERIA Courvoisier, 1920 South Asian monotypical genus.

Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845) - Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5(74): 98, Taf.440, Abb.1 TYPE LOCALITY: Tracia, Turkey. DISTRIBUTION. From NW Africa across S. Europe, Transcaucasia, the Near and Middle East to Middle Asia and NW India. Ssp. trochylus Freyer, 1845 (=trochilus, Murray,1874; parva Murrey,1874; gnoma Snellen,1876; grisea Aigner-Abafi, 1906) populate Caucasus Minor and Armenian Highland; ssp. persa Bythinski-Salz, 1937 (= pauper Bythinski-Salz,1937): Azerbaijan, Kopet-Dagh; ssp. obscura Heydemann,1954: S. Turan. (including Ferghana valley); in Kyrghyzstan: Naryn River valley, near Tash-Kumyr. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry, stony slopes with steppe vegetation at about 500-1500 m. Flight period: March-October, in several generations. Larval host-plant in Turkey (Hasselbarth et al., 1995): Indigophera (Fabacea)e, Heliotropium (Boraginaceae), Andrachne (Euphorbiaceae); in Middle Asia: Heliotropium ellipticum (Falkovich, 1986; Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus PLEBEJIDEA Kocak, 1983 Palaearctic genus (3 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Plebejidea cyane (Eversman, 1837) - Bull.Soc.Imp. Natural. Moscou, 10 (1): 22. ТYPE LOCALITY. [SE. Region, Russia]. DISTRIBUTION. -Ural region, Turan, Tien Shan, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, Saur and Tarbagatay Mts., Altai, Sayany (locally),Transbaikalia, Mongolia. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits in the different types of dry sites: deserts, waste land, pebble shores, dry steppe; in foothills and low mountains the dry slopes from 700 to 2800 m. Flight period: May-August according to climate conditions. Larval host-plant in Tien Shan: Limonium leptolobum, Goniolimon cuspidatum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus VACCINIINA Tutt, 1909 Palaearctic genus (3 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Vacciniina fergana (Staudinger, 1881) - Stett. Ent. Ztg., 42: 262. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Alaisky Mts., (northern slope]. DISTRIBUTION. From Iran and Afghanistan through the Kopet-Dagh, Middle Asia mountains to the S. Altai. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits in the dry steppe and stony sites at 800-3000 m. Flight period: May-July in 1-2 generations, depending on altitude. Larval host-plant in the Tien Shan Astragalus spp., in the Zailiysky Alatau: Astragalus lanuginosus sp.

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Genus FARSIA Zhdanko, 1992 Middle Asian genus (7 species); in Kyrghyzstan 4.

Farsia sieversi (Christoph, 1873) - Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 10:23. ТYPE LOCALITY. “Schachkuh” [N. Iran]. DISTRIBUTION. Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, W. and Inner Tien Shan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan. The following subspecies are known from Kyrghyzstan: ssp. haberchauri (Staudinger, 1886)( =gorona Tshicolovetz, 1997): Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamir- Alai; ssp. amatrix Zhdanko et Churkin, 2002: Chatkalsky Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe and dry meadows in mountains, occasionally rocky slopes, from 1400 to 4800 m. Flight period: June to August. Larval host-plant in the Ghissar: Astragalus sericeopuberulus (Zhdanko, 1997), in Transalaisky Mts.: Astragalus macronix (group).

Farsia iris (Lang, 1884) - Rhop. Europae, 1:369. SYNONYMS. Lycaena iris (Staudinger, 1886), nom. praeoccup.; Polyommatus neoiris (Tshikolovets, 1997). ТYPE LOCALITY. “…Samarkand” [W. Zeravshansky Mts., Uzbekistan]. DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar, Pamir-Alai, W. Pamir, Afghanistan, Pakistan; ssp. iris populates Zeravshansky Mts. and E. Ghissar; ssp. petrovi Churkin et Zhdanko, 2001: Turkestansky Mts. (Matcha); ssp. eremita Churkin et Zhdanko, 2001: W. Ghissar, Turkestansky Mts. (Jori); ssp. chernjaki Churkin et Zhdanko, 2001: W. Pamir. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe-stony slopes up to 3500 4000 m. Flight period: June to August. Larval host-plant is probably Astragalus sp.

Farsia rutilans (Staudinger,1886) - Stet. Ent. Ztg., 47:208. ТYPE LOCALITY. “… von sudlichen Alai”[S. Alaisky Mts., Kyrghyzstan]. DISTRIBUTION. Alai. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe-stony slopes up to 4000 m. Flight period: June, July. Larval host-plant, is probably Astragalus sp.

Farsia antonina (Lukhtanov, 1999) - Atalanta, 30 (1/4):148. ТYPE LOCALITY. “Kirgisien, West-Tienchan, Tschatkalskyi-Gebirge, Tschapschama- Pass, 2850 m” [Chapchama Pass, Chatkalsky Mts., Kyrghyzstan]. DISTRIBUTION. Alai, W. Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe-stony slopes from 2300 to 3000 m. Flight period: June to August. Larval host-plant, is probably Astragalus sp.

Genus RIMISIA Zhdanko, 1994 Middle Asian genus (2 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Rimisia miris (Staudinger, 1881) - Stett. ent. Ztg. 47: 263. SYNONYM. Lycaena oblitestens (Schilz, 1906). TYPE LOCALITY: "... Schachrud (Nord Persien am Fusse des Gebirges)" [N. Iran, Schachrud]. DISTRIBUTION. N. Iran, N. Afghanistan, Kopet-Dagh, S. Ghissar, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamir, Tien Shan, Balkhash lake area, Dhzungarsky Alatau, Tarbagatay and Saur Mts., S. Altai, NW China; in Kyrghyzstan locally. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits in the different types of dry sites: deserts, waste land, pebble shores, dry steppe; in foothills and low mountains on the dry slopes from 700 to 2000 m. Flight period: May-July according to climate conditions. Larval host-plant in the Balkhash Lake area: Astragalus balchaschensis (Zhdanko, 1997). 171 Zhdanko A.B. The blue butterfly (Lycanidae, Lepidoptera) fauna of Kyrghyzstan

Genus ARICIA Reichenbach, 1817 Palaearctic genus (12 species); in. Kyrghyzstan 3.

Aricia allous (Hubner, [1819]) - Samml. Europ. Schmett.:Abb. 988. ТYPE LOCALITY. Alps of Provence [France]. DISTRIBUTION. Temperate belt and mountains of ; in Kyrghyzstan occures everywhere, except deserts sites (locally); ssp. lepsinskana (Obraztsov, 1935)( =scitissa Nekrutenko, 1985) occurs in Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Lowland, foothills and mountains slopes from 1400 to 3300 m. Flight period: June to August. Larval host-plant: different species of Geranium; in W. and N. Tien Shan G. saxatile (Zhdanko, 1997).

Aricia agestis ([Denis et Schiffermuller], 1775) - Syst. Werke Schmett. Wienergegend: 184. ТYPE LOCALITY. Vienna [Austria]. SYNONYMS. alexis (Scopuli, 1763), nom. praeoccup.; medon (Hufnagel, 1766), nom.praeaccup.; alexis (Rottenburg, 1775), nom. praeoccup.; astrarche (Bergstrasser, [1779]). DISTRIBUTION. From W. Europe through the Caucasus and Transcaucasia to the W. Pamir and the Himalaya. The Nominative species occurs in the Europe and Transcaucasia; ssp. nazira (Moore, 1865): W. Pamir, Darvaz; The status of material Kopet-Dagh, the Ghissar, W. and N. Tien Shan requires a revision. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Various dry meadows and /or steppe-like sites; in the mountains up to 3800 m. Flight period: May to September, in 1-2 generations. Larval host-plant in Europe different species Helianthemum, Centaureum, Erodium (Higgins et Rilay, 1975); in Tien Shan: Erodium ssp. and Geranium ssp. (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus EUMEDONIA Forster, 1938 Palaearctic genus (4 species); in Kyrghyzstan 2.

Eumedonia eumedon (Esper, [1780]) - Smitt. Abb. Nat., 1(2): 16, Taf. 52, Abb. 2-3. ТYPE LOCALITY. Vicinity of Erlangen, Germany. DISTRIBUTION. Temperate belt of the Palaearctic Region; in Kyrghyzstan occurs everywhere, excepting deserts sites. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Wet meadows up to 3500 m Flight period: May to August. Larval host-plant: different species of Geranium e.g., in the Talassky Alatau G. saxatile, G. callinum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Eumedonia persephatta (Alphwraky 1881) - Hor.Soc.Ent.Ross., 16(3-4): 395, pl.14, fig. 11. ТYPE LOCALITY. “…Kounguesse” [Kulja, Kungess Valley, W. China] DISTRIBUTION. From the Hindu Kush to the Tien Shan and Dzhungarsky Alatau. Nominative subspecies inhabits Tien Shan, Dzungarsky Aalatau, Ghissar, Darvaz; ssp. minuta (Grum-Gzhimailo, 1890): Pamir-Alai. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Wet meadows from 1500 to 3500 m Flight period: May to August. Larval host-plant: different species of Geranium e.g., in the Talassky Alatau G. saxatile, G. callinum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus CYANIRIS Dalman, 1816 Palaearctic genus (4 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Cyaniris semiargus (Rottenburg, 1775) - Anmerk. Tab. Schmett., Naturforscher, 6: 20. ТYPE LOCALITY. Germany.

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DISTRIBUTION. Temperate belt of the Palaearctic Region; in Kyrghyzstan occurs everywhere, except deserts sites (locally); ssp. altaianus Tutt, 1909: Tien Shan, Altai and Sayany, Transbaikalia. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Lowland, foothills; different types of meadows, in the mountains up to 2500 m. Flight period: May to August. Larval host-plant: Trifolium, Anthyllis, Genista, Melilotus, etc. (Korshunov, Gorbunov, 1995).

Genus AGRIADES Hubner, [1819] Palaearctic genus (10 species); in Kyrghyzstan 1.

Agriades pheretiades (Eversmann, 1843) - Bull. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscow, 16 (3):536, pl.7, fig. 3a,b. ТYPE LOCALITY. “Noor-Saisan”[Tarbagatay Mts., E. Kazakhstan]. DISTRIBUTION. From the Hindu Kush and the Pamir to the Saur and Tarbagatay Mts. A widespread and highly variable species forming distinct local isolates. The following taxa described as subspecies: ssp. pheres (Staudinger, 1886): Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai, N. Tien Shan; ssp. micrus Avinov, 1910: E. Pamir. ssp. lara Zhdanko et Churkin, 2001: W. Tien Shan; ssp. tekessanus (Alpheraky, 1897): Terskey Alatoo; ssp. sveta Zhdanko et Churkin, 2001: Zailiysky Alatau; ssp. pheretiades (Eversmann, 1843): Saur and Tarbagatay Mts., ?Dzhungarsky Alatau; HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Inhabits in the different types of dry sites (including dry steppe) in mountains at 2500-3500 m. Flight period: end June-August. Larval host-plant in Tien Shan: Androsace spp.

Genus POLYOMMATUS Latreille, 1804 Palaearctic genus (38 species) in Kyrghyzstan 4.

Polyommatus eros Ochsenheimer, [1808] - Schmitt. Europa 1(2): 42. ТYPE LOCALITY. Alps of Tirol and Schwitzerland. DISTRIBUTION. N. and Inner Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau is inhabitid by the ssp. stigmatifera Courvoisier, 1903 (=lunulata Courvoisier, 1903; vasilyi Tshikolovets, 1995.) HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Mountains, on grass slopes at 2000-3300 m, usually at alpine levels. Flight period: July and August. Larval host-plant in the Tien Shan: Astragalus spp. and Oxytropis spp.

Polyommatus venus (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett.ent. Ztg., 47:211. ТYPE LOCALITY. “… sudlichen Alai…” [Transalaisky Mts., Kirghizia]. DISTRIBUTION. Darvaz, W. Pamir, Tien Shan; ssp. venus (Staudinger, 1886): Alai Mts., Transalaisky Mts., W. Tien Shan; ssp. amor (Lang, 1884): Ghissar, Darvaz, W. Pamir; ssp. wiskotti (Courvoisier, 1911): N. and Inner Tien Shan, ?Dzhungarsky Alatau. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Alpine meadows at about 3000-4200 m. Flight period: end June to end August in single broods. Larval host-plants in the Talassky Alatau: Oxytropis talassica, O. aulieatensis; in Ghissar: Astragalus sp. (Zhdanko, 1997); in Transalaisky Mts.: Oxytropis sp.

Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) Anmerk. Tab. Schmett., Naturforscher, 6: 21. TYPE LOCALITY. Sachsen, Germany. DISTRIBUTION. Temperate zone of Palaearctic region; Nominative taxon: European part, Caucasus and Transcaucasia; distribution of subspecies is the following:

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ssp. napaea (Grum-Grzhimailo, 1891): E. Tien Shan (type locality Boro-Choro Mts.), ? Dzhungarsky Alatau. ssp. turanicus Heyne, 1895: Ghissar, Alai; Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Different types of meadows up to 2000 m. Flight period: May- August in 1-2 generations according to local conditions. Larval host-plants in Europe: Trifolium, Medicago, Genista, Lotus, Melilotus, Onosis etc. (Korshunov et Gorbunov, 1995); in the Zailiysky Alatau: Trifolium repens (Zhdanko, 1997). Larva lives with ants: Lasius alienus, L. flavus, L. niger, Formica subrufa, Plagiolepis pigmaea, Myrmica sabuleti (Hesselbarth & al., 1995).

Polyommatus icadius (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) - In: Romanoff, Mem. Lep., 4: 402. TYPE LOCALITY. Near Beik-Pass [E. Pamir]. DISTRIBUTION. Hindu Kush, Pamir, Ghissar-Darvaz, Alai, Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, S. Altai. Nominative taxon in Pamir; ssp. alaicus (Balletto et Nekrutenko, 1987): Darvaz; ssp. candidus Zhdanko, 2000: W. Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry and stony slopes with steppe vegetation, especially near bare and cliffs from 800 to 3500 m. Flight period: from May to August in two generations inhabits screes at 800-3500 m. Larval host-plants: Cicer songaricum, C. flexuosum (Zhdanko, 1997).

Genus AGRODIAETUS Latreille, 1804 Palaearctic genus (81 species); in Kyrghyzstan 7.

Agrodiaetus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) - Bitr. Gesch. Europ. Schmett., 3:128, Taf. 133, Abb. 3. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Spain]. DISTRIBUTION. From W. Europe though the S. Europaen part of Russia, Turkey, Transcaucasia to Central Asia and Burytia: in Kyrghyzstan: all territory, locally. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry meadows from lowlands up to 2600 m Flight period: from the end of July to end of August. Larval host-plant in Zailiysky Alatau: Onobrychis sp.; Inner Tien Schan: Medicago falcata.

Agrodiaetus damon ([Denis et Schiffermuller], 1775) – Syst. Werke Schmett. Wienerge- gend: 182. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Vicinity of Vienna, Austria]. DISTRIBUTION. Europe, Middle Asia, Turkey, S. Siberia, Altai, Mongolia, China. The following subspecies in central Asia are represented: ssp. kotshubei (Sovinsky, 1915): highlands of Transcaucasia; ssp. mongolensis Kocak, 1980: S. Siberia, Altai, Mongolia; ssp. merzcbacheri (Courvoisier, 1913); Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry steppes on lowlands to alpine meadows up to 2500 m Flight period: July to end of August. Larval host-plant in Zailiysky Alatau: Onobrychis sp.

Agrodiaetus juldusus (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. Ent. Ztg., 47: 213. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Juldus Plateau, Xinjiang, China]. DISTRIBUTION. N. Tien Shan and Dzhungarsky Alatau, NW. China; ssp. kirgisorum V. Lukhtanov, Danchenko, 1994: N. Tien Shan; ssp. kasachstanus V. Lukhtanov, Danchenko, 1994: Dzhungarsky Alatau. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry steppes, from lowlands up to 2600 m in the mountains. Flight period: mid June to August. Larval host-plant in N. Tien Shan: Hedysarum sp.

Agrodiaetus iphigenides (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. Ent. Ztg., 47: 214. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan]. DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamir-Alai, W. Tien Shan; 174 Tethys Entomological Research X December 1, 2004 ssp. karatavicus Lukhtanov, 1990: Karatau Mts. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry steppe, from lowlands up to 2500 m in the mountains. Flight period: June to July. Larval host-plant in -Dzhabagly reserve: Hedysarum sp.

Agrodiaetus phyllides (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. Ent. Ztg., 47: 225. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan]. DISTRIBUTION. S. Turan, Pamir-Alai, Tien Shan; in Kyrghyzstan: all territory (locally). HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Different kinds of arid biotope with xerophytes from lowlands up to 2400 m in the mountains. Flight period: June to July, the end of September. Larval host-plant in Kopet-Dagh and N. Tien Shan: Hedysarum sp. (Zhdanko, 1997).

Agrodiaetus magnificus (Grum-Grzhimailo, 1885) - In:Romanoff, Mem. Lep., 2: 232. ТYPE LOCALITY. [Alaisky Mts., Tajikistan]. DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai, W. Tien Shan; in Kyrghyzstan: Kirgizsky and Talassky Alatau. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Stony steppe and/ or dry biotopes from 1000 to 2500 m Flight period: May to August in 2 generations. Larval host-plant in W. Tien Shan: Onobrychis grandis (Zhdanko, 1997).

Agrodiaetus actinides (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. Ent.Zeit., 47:214. ТYPE LOCALITY. “… aus dem sudlichen Alai” [Transalaisky Mts., Tajikistan]. DISTRIBUTION. Pamir-Alai, Inner, W. and N. Tien Shan. The Nominative subspecies inhabits the Transalaisky Mts.; ssp. praeactinides Forster, 1960 (?=weidenhofferi Eckweiler, 1997): Talassky Alatau. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe-like biotopes from 1700 to3000 m. Flight period: June to August. Larval host-plant: Onobrychis sp.

Agrodiaetus poseidonides (Staudinger, 1886) - Stett. Ent.Zeit., 47:225. ТYPE LOCALITY. “… von sudlichen Alai… von den sudlichen von Samarkand gelegenen Gebirgen” [Transalaisky Mts., Tajikistan; Zeravshansky Mts., Uzbekistan]. DISTRIBUTION. Ghissar, Pamir-Alai. The Nominative subspecies inhabits the Transalaisky Mts.; ssp. rickmersi: Forster, 1956: Pamir. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Stony steppe biotopes from 1600 to 3600 m. Flight period: July to August. Larval host-plant: Onobrychis sp.

Subgenus PLEBECULA Higgins 1969 Paealearctic subgenus (7 species); in Kyrghyzstan 3.

Plebecula amanda (Schneider, 1792) - Neust. Mag. ent. Stralsund, 1(4): 428-429. TYPE LOCALITY. S. Sweden. SYNONYMS. icarius (Esper, [1789]); agathon Godart, [1824]. DISTRIBUTION. Temperate zone of Palaearctic region. Distribution of subspecies is following: amandus Schneider, 1792 (= lydia Krulikovsky, 1892; = orientalis Staudinger, 1901; = amandina Krulikovsky, 1908; = gina Higgins, 1958): European part, Siberia, Transbaikalia, Far East, Caucasus and Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh; ssp. turensis (Heyne, 1895): ?Tien Shan; ssp. amata (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890): S. Ghissar, Ghissar, Alai, W. Pamir; HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. It occurs on meadows, usually along rivers and streams, ascend up to 3000 m. Flight period: in June-July, on the south regions produces the second generation in August. Larval host-plant in Europe: different Vicia-species (Eckstein, 1913, etc.); in the Alai: Vicia kokandica; in the Tien Shan: Vicia costata and Medicago romanica (Zhdanko, 1997). 175 Zhdanko A.B. The blue butterfly (Lycanidae, Lepidoptera) fauna of Kyrghyzstan

Plebecula thersites (Cantener, [1835]) - Hist. Nat.: 53-54 (nota), Taf. 11, Fig. 1, 2. TYPE LOCALITY: NE France. SYNONYMS. alexius (Freyer, [1858]); gravesi (Chapman, 1912). DISTRIBUTION. From Europe and N. Africa (Marocco) through Minor and Middle Asia to Mongolia. Nominative subspecies (orientis Sheljuzhko, 1928; orientalis Chapman, [1913]): W. Europe, Centr. and S. European part, W. Siberia, Caucasus Major, Caucasus Minor, Armenian Highland, Talysh, N. Tien Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Tarbagatay, Saur Mts., Altai, Sayan; ssp. petrovi Zhdanko et Churkin, 2004: Darvaz, Alai, Fergansky Mts., W. Tien Shan. HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. It occurs on meadows, in the mountains up to 2500 m. Flight period from mid May to mid August in two generations. Larval host-plants: in different Onobrychis species; Zailiysky Alatau: Onobrychis viciifolia (Zhdanko, 1997). Acknowledgements We are much indebted to Dr. R. Kamelin for the partial determination the larval host-plants of blue butterflies. Reference Abrera de B., 1993. Butterflies of Holarctic region. Part 3: Nymphalidae, Libytheidae, Riodinidae & Lycaenidae. Victoria, Australia: 1-524. Eckstein K., 1913. Die Schmetterlinge Deutschland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung ihrer Biologie. 1 Stuttgart: 1-120. Falkovich M.I., 1986. Lepidoptera of the Kuldzhuktau mountaion Distribution (south-west Kyzylkum). Trudy all-Union Entomol. Soc., Leningrad, 67: 131-186 (in Russian). Frionnet M.C., 1906. Les premiersetats des lepidopteres francais. Rhopalocera (anciens diurnes). Mem. Soc. Lettr.Sci. Arts Agric. Industr. St.- Dizier. : 1-321. Hesselbarth G., van Oorschot H., Wagener S., 1995. Die Tagfalter der Turkei unter Berucksichtingung der angrenzenden Lander. Bd. 1-3. Higgins L.G., Rilay N. D., 1970. Butterflies of Britain and Europe. London: 1-380. Korshunov J.P., 1985. Butterflies of the West Siberian Plain].In: Spaiders and of Siberia. Novosibirsk: 32-118. (in Russian). Korshunov J.P., Gorbunov P. 1995. Butterflies of the Asiatic part of Russia. A handbook. Ekaterinburg: 1-202 (in Russian). Malicky H., 1969. Versuch eine Analyse der okologischen Beziehungen zwischen Lycaeniden (Lepidoptera) und Formiciden (Hymenoptera). Tijdschr. Ent., 112: 213-298. Stshetkin Ju.L., 1960. Lepidoptera of the Vachsch valley. Duschanbe. Part 1: 1-103 (in Russian). Tuzov et al., 2000. Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories. Sofia-Moscow, 2: 1-580. Zhdanko A.B., 1997. Host-plant in Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of Kyrghyzstan and Middle Asia. Atalanta, 28 (1/2): 97-110. Zhdanko A.B., 1998. New species lycaenid from Callophrys Billb. and Polyommatus Latr. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Asia and Caucasus. Vestnik Kaz. Univ. 6: 46-52. (in Russian). Zhdanko A.B., 2001. New species of Neolycaena de Niceville and Rhymnaria Zhdanko stat. nova (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Central Asia. Helios, Collection of entomological articles. Moscow, 2001d, 2: 79-90. Резюме Жданко А.Б. Аннотированный список видов семейства Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) Кыргызстана. Аннотированный список голубянок (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera) включает 82 вида, относящихся к 38 родам и 3 семействам. Он составлен на материалах, собранных автором за период 1998-2004 гг. Для каждого вида указывается первоисточник, типовая местность, распространение, сведения по биологии и фенологии. Подвиды (кроме номинативного) рассматриваются только те, которые обитают в Передней, Средней Азии и Казахстане. 176